Curtain support



C. P. HENRY CURTAIN SUPPORT Jan. 21, 1936.

Filed July 27, 1935 mmu H l Patented Jan. 21, 1936 PATENT T OFFICE CURTAIN SUPPORT Charles P. Henry, Cranston, R. L, assignor to James N. Henry, Providence, R. I.

Application July 27, 1935, Serial No. 33,430

4 Claims.

My invention relates to curtain supports of the swinging type.

Important objects of my invention are to prevent the development of a downward tilt of the supporting arm relatively to the bracket arm, and

to eliminate the strain upon the parts occasioning such a sag or tilt.

A further essential object is to prevent the complete escape of the curtain supporting arm from the bracket when the former is accidentally forced upwardly by any involuntary blow.

With the above and other objects and advantageous features in view my invention consists in the novel arrangement of parts more fully disclosed in the detailed description following, in conjunction with the following drawing, and more specifically defined in the claims appended thereto.

In the accompanying drawing forming a part of this specification,

Figures 1 and 2 are a side elevation and a top plan view respectively of a curtain support embodying my invention,

Figures 3 and 4, sections of same taken on lines 3-3 and id respectively of Figure 1,

Figure 5, a perspective view of a bracket member,

Figure 6, a fragmentary side elevation of the supporting arm mounted in a modified form of bracket, and

Figure 7, a perspective view of the modified form of bracket.

Similar letters of reference indicate similar parts throughout the views.

As herein illustrated a cast curtain supporting arm 8 includes a transversely rectangular rod or shaft 9 having an ornamental hook I 0 integral with its forward end and a hook I I integral with its rear end. Adjacent the hook a vertical pivot post I3 is integral with the rear end of the shaft, and spaced from the post;

near the end of the shaft is an upright post I4 integral at its upper end with a horizontal arm I5 terminating at its rear end in a depending cylindrical pivot lug I6 in vertical alignment with the post I3.

The post I3 is throughout its length transversely elongated or laterally reduced as clearly shown in Figure 3.

50 Continuous with the post I4 and with the portion of the shaft immediately adjacent to said post I4 is an ornamental forwardly projecting guard plate I8 lying in the vertical plane of the shaft but horizontally interspaced 55 from the latter, as at I9, to permit the curtain rings to slide thereupon. The final ring of the series may if desired be engaged with the hook I I.

The bracket member 2| of mysupport is of the strap type, consisting of parallel upper and lower arms 22 and 23 with vertically aligned 5 openings 24 and 25 in the arms respectively, both openings being circular and of such diameter as to respectively receive the elements I3 and I6 therethrough as a sliding fit. The front ends of the arms are connected by a web 10 21, and lugs 28 upon the rear ends of the arms have perforations 29 to receive screws 33 for attaching the bracket to the casing.

In order to mount the supporting member I8 in the bracket 2| the former is transversely tilted 16 as shown in full lines in Figure 4, and then in such position is elevated to pass the post I3 diagonally upwardly through the opening 25, which movement is possible because of the laterally reduced sides of said post. The supporting member 20 at this point of insertion is next swung laterally in the direction" of the arrow to bring the pivot lug I6 above the arm 22 and in vertical alignment with the opening 24, whereupon the supporting member is dropped to the final engaged broken 25 line position.

In its final described engaged position it is evident that any accidental upward knock or push of the supporting member 8 would not cause a complete disengagement of the latter from the 30 bracket.

A modified form of bracket 32, shown in Figures 6 and 7, may be cast, and comprises an attaching plate 33 with interspaced parallel arms 34 provided with vertically aligned openings 35 35 for the reception of the members I3 and I3. In the plate 33 are perforations for attaching screws.

In actual use the modified form of bracket is not found to be as practically effective as the preferred form shown in Figure 5. 40

I claim:

1. In a curtain support, a shaft, an upright pivot post upon the inner end of the shaft, a second post upon the shaft spaced from the pivot post, an arm upon the upper portion of the spaced post, and a depending pivot lug upon the end of the arm in vertical alignment with the pivot post and spaced therefrom.

2. In a curtain support, a shaft,-a transversely elongated upright pivot post upon the shaft, a second post upon the shaft spaced from the pivot post, an arm upon the upper portion of the second post, and a depending pivot lug upon the arm in vertical alignment with the pivot post and spaced therefrom.

3. In a curtain support, a shaft, an upright pivot post upon the inner end of the shaft, a second post upon the shaft spaced from the pivot post, a rearwardly directed arm upon the upper portion of the second post, a depending pivot lug upon the arm in vertical alignment with the pivot post, and a forwardly directed guard plate supported by the second post including a lower edge parallel with the shaft, and adapted to cooperate with a bracket including parallel arms provided with openings for the reception of the pivot post and pivot lug.

4. In a curtain support, a shaft, an upright pivot post upon the inner end of the shaft, a vertically disposed plate upon the shaft spaced from the pivot post, a rearwardly directed arm carried by the plate, and a depending pivot lug upon the arm in vertical alignment with the pivot post.

CHARLES P. HENRY. 

